Small winch-where to mount it?

   / Small winch-where to mount it? #1  

Knotbored

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Location
Sedro-Woolley, WA
Tractor
Kabota
I have a small Kubota with FEL and a box scraper. I bought a cheap winch from Harbor Freight-mostly because of the bargain price.
I have occasional need to pull small trees and bushes and a few logs from sloped areas and thought the winch would be useful, but now I can't determine any logical way to mount it permanently without interfering with equipment mounted front and rear. I would seldom pull more then 700 pounds.
I am now considering making a portable base with prongs to stick in the ground-then using the FEL to help secure it-then using a plug for electrical power- making the winch with base a seperate implement.
I am looking for any other ideas, or some method of mounting the winch (the base is mounted horizontal with 4 5/16 holes.)
 
   / Small winch-where to mount it? #2  
Mounted to top center of FEL bucket?

Rig it to be mounted on drawbar?

Rig it to be mounted to a 3-Pt drawbar?
 
   / Small winch-where to mount it? #3  
Mine isn't mounted. I put a hook on the mounting bracket and use it where and when I need it. Never understood why 4-wheelers etc. mounted a dedicated winch to something that is so versitile. If I need mine on the tractor I hook it up to the end I need it for. The small trailer, clevis and long power supply (jumper cables to the pickup battery) and pull it on. Extremly versitile for me. Have a dedicated one in the shed for my A-frame.
 

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